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Character​/​Actor (Am​é​lie​/​Audrey)

from Capital Cities by Run-On Sunshine

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Picture: Montmartre, Paris, 2003. Amélie is my all-time favorite movie!

Vocals recorded March 18, 2013, at The Meow House in Tucson, AZ.

Casio re-recorded June 15, 2016 at West Key West in Tucson, AZ.

It took a few years but I finally figured out the best way to play this song on keyboard. So, here it is! You can still find the original version elsewhere on this bandcamp as well as on the (sadly out-of-print) cassette.

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I’m thinking ‘bout a girl named Amélie.
Who lives in Paris behind a silver screen.
Has adventures alone, as shy as can be.
There’s a boy she likes but does he see her?
She changes people’s lives like an angel above.
Can she find a stratagem to win his love?

I’m in love with the character!
I follow the films of the actor!

I’m thinking ‘bout a lady named Audrey.
Who’s starred in many fine films like Amélie.
Happenstance came before, but it wasn’t worthy.
Then she showed her range with He Loves Me…Not.
Dirty Pretty Things’ darkness was a world away.
A Very Long Engagement saw her back with Jeunet.

I follow the films of the actor!
I’m in love with the character!

Flew way to Paris to see like Amélie.
Skipping stones upon the Canal Saint-Martin.
Café des 2 Moulins to eat crème brûlée.
Looked for discarded photos in the Métro station.
To the top under Basilique du Sacré-Coeur.
What a view of Paris and Amélie’s world.

Makes my imagination run away.
And I’m not acting when I say…
Could I find a girl who has stratagems for me?

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from Capital Cities, released March 24, 2013

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Video by Taylor Ducklow!: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkFoZcqVfqw

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